Alt Goes Mainstream: The Latest on Alternative Investments, WealthTech, & Private Markets
139 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAlt Goes Mainstream podcast is the place to turn to for interviews with some of the brightest and most experienced minds in the world of alternative investing, private equity (PE), venture capital (VC), real estate, crypto, collectibles and more. For anyone looking to invest into alternative assets (from experienced wealth managers to family offices to the individual investor looking for a more diversified investment portfolio), you’ll hear inside stories from executives and founders at some of the world’s largest financial institutions, alternative investment firms, and FinTech startups. More than a personal finance podcast, Alt Goes Mainstream dives deep into trends, investment strategies, firm building lessons, and innovative technologies that are enabling investors to access private markets and invest into alternative assets.
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HgCapital Trust's Chairman of the Board Jim Strang - a masterclass in private markets
June 06, 2024 11:07 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode features a masterclass in private markets from a guest who has seen it all. Jim Strang is a deeply experienced private equity professional who has been part of the industry as a GP, LP, investor, consultant, and now a teacher, board member, and advisor to a number of firms. I’d probably have to spend a good few pages going through everything that Jim has done and is currently doing in private markets. He’s a practit...
Monthly Alts Pulse Ep. 10: Taking the pulse of private markets with Lawrence Calcano, Chairman & CEO of iCapital, and Robert Picard, Managing Director, Head of Alternative Investments at Hightower Advisors
May 28, 2024 13:35 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBWelcome to the 10th episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano, the Chairman & CEO of iCapital, who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the alts space, has his finger on the pulse of what’s happening in private markets. In today’s episode, Lawrence and I welcome a special g...
3i Members' Mark Gerson - building engaged investing communities
May 15, 2024 16:10 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s podcast is a special show with 3i Members co-founder Mark Gerson. Alt Goes Mainstream’s first sponsor is 3i Members, an investing network built on community, collaboration and capital that was co-founded by Mark Gerson, Billy Libby, and Teddy Gold. 3i Members is a global deal network for accomplished private investors. Members uncover, share, and diligence high-quality investment opportunities in private markets. The network...
Marc Rubinstein of Net Interest - an in-depth tour of financial markets with an expert in finance and history
May 09, 2024 16:24 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s podcast provided us with an in-depth tour of financial markets with a student of both finance and history. And what a tour guide we had. Marc Rubinstein, an investment professional with 25 years of experience researching and investing in financial services joined us on the show. Marc started his career as an equity research analyst, where he ultimately became a MD at Credit Suisse, leading the European banking sector equity ...
Braughm Ricke of Aduro Advisors - building a fund administration business
May 01, 2024 11:07 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode features an enabler of the micro VC movement who has now scaled his business into one of the industry’s larger fund administrators. Braughm Ricke is the Founder and CEO of Aduro Advisors, a leading fund administrator that has carved out a sterling reputation in the VC world. He's grown the business to over $114B+ AUA and over 450+ customers, that counts many of the leading VC funds, including Lowercarbon, Cowboy Vent...
Monthly Alts Pulse Ep. 9: Taking the pulse of private markets with Lawrence Calcano, Chairman & CEO of iCapital, and Haig Ariyan, CEO of Arax Investment Partners
April 27, 2024 16:11 - 22 minutes - 21.1 MBWelcome to the 9th episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano, the Chairman & CEO of iCapital, who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the alts space, has his finger on the pulse of what’s happening in private markets. In today’s episode, Lawrence and I welcome a special gu...
Yieldstreet's Michael Weisz on unlocking access to alternatives
April 25, 2024 13:21 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode is with a fintech founder who has scaled one of the larger private markets investing platforms for individual investors. Michael Weisz is the Founder and CEO of Yieldstreet, a leading private markets investing platform, with more than 450K members and $3.9B invested (as of October 2023). An award-winning entrepreneur, he co-founded Yieldstreet in 2015 with the ambition to provide individual investors with access to...
Steve Case, Chairman & CEO of Revolution and Co-Founder of America Online, on revolutionizing the world on purpose with passion
April 17, 2024 14:59 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode with an internet legend provides an illuminating window into how the past can help inform us about the future. Steve Case is a pioneer and a visionary. He built one of the foundational companies of the internet, AOL, that brought America and the world online. As one of America’s best-known and most accomplished entrepreneurs, Steve has spent the past 39 years building, investing in, and shaping business policy for ma...
Hamilton Lane's Griff Norville on how private markets are moving from the Stone Age to the digital age
April 11, 2024 15:10 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode takes us into the world of technology with an expert in private markets tech. Griff Norville is a Managing Director and Head of Technology Solutions at Hamilton Lane, the $903B AUM (*Inclusive of $120.2B in discretionary assets under management and $782.9B in non-discretionary assets under management, as of December 31, 2023) global alternative asset manager. Griff leads the firm’s tech-enabled analytics, forecasting...
Lessons from a leading operator: Growing ECi Software Solutions to $500M revenue and $200M EBITDA with Net Health CEO & Carlyle Operating Partner Ron Books
April 04, 2024 15:25 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today we have the operator’s view on the show. We bring in someone who rose up the ranks of a private equity-backed software company to be CEO of that company — ECi Software Solutions — that now generates over $500M in revenue and $200M in EBITDA. We welcome Ron Books, now an Operating Partner at Carlyle and the CEO at Net Health, a Carlyle portfolio company. He also sits on a number of boards for Carlyle. He is now the Chairman an...
Blue Owl Capital's Global Private Wealth President & CEO Sean Connor on working with the wealth channel
March 27, 2024 14:27 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode takes us inside the world of wealth from the perspective of one of the industry’s largest alternative asset managers. We are joined by Sean Connor, President & CEO, Global Private Wealth at Blue Owl Capital, a firm with over $160B in AUM. Sean highlighted a number of key insights for navigating and working with the wealth channel as he shared lessons learned from building a successful private wealth business at a l...
Monthly Alts Pulse Ep. 8: Taking the pulse of private markets with Lawrence Calcano, Chairman & CEO of iCapital
March 23, 2024 15:59 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBWelcome to the 8th episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano, the Chairman & CEO of iCapital, who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the alts space, has his finger on the pulse of what’s happening in private markets. On this episode, Lawrence and I had a fascinating and li...
Blackstone Chief Technology Officer John Stecher on how technology is transforming private markets
March 20, 2024 15:19 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode takes us inside the mind of a tech titan who is at the forefront of shaping the market structure evolution in private markets. John Stecher is the Chief Technology Officer at Blackstone. He’s responsible for all aspects of technology across the firm and advises the firm’s investment teams as well as acts as a resource to portfolio companies on technology-related matters. John and the team at Blackstone have invested ...
Chris Long on building $29B credit investment firm Palmer Square and a winning NWSL soccer team, KC Current
March 13, 2024 13:38 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today we have an incredible discussion that spans the world of private credit and the growth of women’s sports - and how those two topics intersect in the guest’s daily life. Chris Long founded Palmer Square Capital Management, an approximately $29B+ asset manager focused on corporate and structured credit with offices in Kansas City and London, in June 2009. Currently, he serves as Chairman, CEO, and Portfolio Manager. Since inc...
Stories from building Blackstone, Airbnb, and private markets with Laurence Tosi of WestCap
March 05, 2024 12:57 - 1 hour - 69.6 MB“The room where it happens … No one really knows how the game is played The art of the trade How the sausage gets made We just assume that it happens But no one else is in the room where it happens … When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game But you don’t get a win unless you play in the game.” Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. These excerpts were in a song by Leslie Odom Jr. and Lin-Manuel Miranda from Hamilton. But they could also be applied to ...
$28B Sanctuary Wealth on working with the wealth channel
March 01, 2024 15:07 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode dives deep into one of the fastest growing independent wealth platforms in the US — Sanctuary Wealth — and how alternatives is a major ingredient to the growth of their firm and the RIA space more broadly. We have Sanctuary’s MD and Head of Alternative Investments, Patrick McGowan, and Director of Strategic Partnerships, Oksana Poznak, on the show to discuss why they believe alternative investments are a key driver o...
Monthly Alts Pulse Ep. 7: Taking the pulse of private markets with Lawrence Calcano, Chairman & CEO of iCapital
February 24, 2024 16:25 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBWelcome to the 7th episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here's the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano, the Chairman & CEO of iCapital, who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the alts space, has his finger on the pulse of what's happening in private markets. On this episode, Lawrence and I had a fascinating and li...
[Repost] The 10X Podcast - How Everyday Investors Can Access Blackstone, Apollo, and KKR?
February 21, 2024 19:01 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBA few weeks ago, the tables were turned and I sat down with David Weisburd of the 10X Capital Podcast to talk about the ongoing transformation of private markets. The wealth channel is becoming a centerpiece of the LP universe. Every alternative asset manager either has — or has to have — a strategy for working with the wealth channel in today’s private markets. We discussed: Why the wealth channel will become a prominent LP for many funds over time. How infrastructure solutions...
Building a $3B real estate hospitality investment platform with Carlos Rodriguez Jr. of Driftwood Capital
February 08, 2024 18:08 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s episode, we travel around the world of hospitality investing. We talk with Carlos Rodriguez Jr., the Founder, President, and COO of Driftwood Capital, one of the US’s leading hospitality sponsors with over $3B in hospitality assets under management. They’ve found a way to do both the traditional things in real estate investing and development well and compliment that with an innovative strategy to bring over 1,200 accredit...
J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Tyler Jayroe on how one of the world's largest financial institutions approaches private equity
February 01, 2024 16:11 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s show, we welcome a senior member of the team at the world’s 3rd largest alternatives manager. Tyler Jayroe is a MD and Portfolio Manager in the Private Equity Group at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, which manages over $2.4 trillion of assets on behalf of a diverse group of global institutions and individual investors. Tyler’s team, the Private Equity Group, has a 40 year history of investing across private markets, covering...
Stride VC's Fred Destin on how to build trust in a competitive, chaotic world
January 18, 2024 14:49 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s show, we welcome a long-time VC investor who brings the perspective from both sides of the pond. Fred Destin, the founder of Stride VC, a seed fund operating out of London and currently investing out of its second £123M fund, shares his views on the venture capital industry. Prior to Stride, Fred was a General Partner at Accel and Accomplice (fka Atlas Venture). He’s invested in some of venture’s big winners, including De...
Master of micro VC, Chris Douvos of Ahoy Capital, on why there's always room for a Bugatti in a market full of Fords and Toyotas
January 10, 2024 18:49 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s show, we welcome a veteran of venture, a champion of portfolio concentration, a master of micro VC. Chris Douvos has taken a mosaic of experiences as an allocator at both endowments and funds that worked on behalf of institutional investors to found Ahoy Capital in 2018, an intentionally right-sized firm focused on working with smaller, emerging VC managers. A pioneering investor in the micro VC movement, Chris has been ...
Monthly Alts Pulse Ep. 6: Taking the pulse of private markets with Lawrence Calcano, Chairman & CEO of iCapital
January 10, 2024 14:52 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBWelcome to the 6th episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano, the Chairman & CEO of iCapital, who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the alts space, has his finger on the pulse of what’s happening in private markets. On this episode, Lawrence and I had a fun and lively dis...
Monthly Alts Pulse Ep. 5: Taking the pulse of private markets with Lawrence Calcano, Chairman & CEO of iCapital
December 04, 2023 16:26 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBWelcome to the 5th episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano, the Chairman & CEO of iCapital, who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the alts space, has his finger on the pulse of what’s happening in private markets. On this episode, Lawrence and I had a fun and lively dis...
How Shannon Saccocia, the CIO of $67B AUM Neuberger Berman Private Wealth, thinks about the changing role of alternatives in client portfolios
November 22, 2023 13:57 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBToday’s show brings us inside the mind of a top allocator and CIO in the private wealth world. We talk with Shannon Saccocia, the CIO of Neuberger Berman Private Wealth, a division of NB that has almost $70B of assets under management. With over 24 years of experience, Shannon brings a wealth of knowledge on private markets to bear. At NB Wealth, she works closely with investment leadership to establish market views, asset allocation, and portfolio recommendations tailored specific...
How private equity and the NIL are changing the game for sports with UCLA QB and NIL National Male Athlete of the Year, Chase Griffin
November 09, 2023 14:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s show dives into the collision of culture, sports, and finance. We talk with Chase Griffin, a student-athlete and QB at UCLA, who has become a pioneer in the college athletics Name Image Likeness (NIL) movement and is the 2x winner of the NIL Male Athlete of the Year awards from the NIL Summit and Opendorse. Chase has excelled on and off the field, so he’s no stranger to success. In high school, he was the Texas Gatorade Play...
Jamie Rhode, Principal at family office Verdis Investment Management, on how to drive the most meaningful returns in early-stage venture as a LP
October 31, 2023 15:43 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s show, we bring the institutional family office perspective to private markets. We talk with Jamie Rhode, a Principal at Verdis Investment Management. Verdis is a single family office based in Philadelphia that was built on the rich legacy of the family, a major business family, that has spanned over three centuries. At Verdis, Jamie is focused on venture capital, private equity, and hedge fund investment sourcing and due ...
Taking the pulse of seed investing and creating an actively managed index of early-stage innovation with Maelle Gavet, CEO of Techstars, one of the world’s largest pre-seed investors
October 25, 2023 16:25 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today we bring on one of the world’s largest pre-seed investors to cover what the state of early-stage investing looks like. We welcome Maelle Gavet, the CEO of Techstars, a leading accelerator and global investment business that works with early-stage startups. Maelle has taken a background where she’s been a CEO, COO and operator at the likes of Priceline and Compass to run Techstars as they continue to transform their business. T...
Why now is Europe's time according to Joe Schorge, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Isomer Capital, one of Europe's most active VC fund-of-funds
October 11, 2023 10:11 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today, we travel to London to talk with someone who has seen the evolution of the European tech ecosystem up close. We discuss the rise of Europe with Isomer Capital’s Co-Founder and Managing Partner Joe Schorge. Isomer is a pan-European fund-of-funds, co-investment, and secondaries platform that is on its way to €1B AUM. They’ve invested in 70 VC funds, including the likes of Seedcamp, Hoxton Ventures, Atlantic Labs, and leading Eu...
Monthly Alts Pulse, Ep. 4: Taking the pulse of private markets with Lawrence Calcano, Chairman & CEO of iCapital
September 26, 2023 14:39 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MBWelcome to the 4th episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano, the Chairman & CEO of iCapital, who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the alts space, has his finger on the pulse of what’s happening in private markets. On this episode, Lawrence and I had a fun and lively dis...
How "tech's most unlikely venture capitalist," Pear VC's Pejman Nozad, has built a seed investing powerhouse
September 19, 2023 15:40 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Startup stories are often stuff of dreams — and today’s podcast is a story about one of tech’s most unlikely venture capitalists. Journalist and professional soccer player turned immigrant turned self-proclaimed "best carwasher in San Jose" turned Persian rug salesman turned top Silicon Valley seed investor Pejman Nozad, the Co-Founder & Founding Managing Partner of Pear VC comes on the show to chronicle his journey that has crossed...
How $9B OCIO Capricorn Investment Group has proven that doing well and doing good don't have to be mutually exclusive: A conversation with Partner Bill Orum
September 12, 2023 15:52 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode features a pioneer in the sustainable investing world. Bill Orum, who is a Partner at Capricorn Investment Group, has proven that investors can do well and do good at the same time. Bill and his Partners have led Capricorn, a $9B AUM sustainable investment platform serving families, foundations, and institutional investors for over 20 years as a full service OCIO and investment platform. Capricorn has been an innovat...
Wealth management industry titan Haig Ariyan of Arax Investment Partners on the private equity opportunity in wealth management and the intersection of wealth and alts
September 01, 2023 16:32 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s show, we dive into the world of wealth management with one of the industry’s leaders, Haig Ariyan. Haig has seen it all. He went from someone who grew up in the advisory world as a wealth manager at Dean Witter Reynolds to ultimately becoming President and CEO of Alex Brown, America’s first investment banking firm. At Alex Brown, he oversaw 220 financial advisors and $70 billion in client assets. When Alex Brown sold to R...
Monthly Alts Pulse, Ep. 3: Taking the pulse of private markets with Lawrence Calcano, Chairman & CEO of iCapital
August 26, 2023 16:15 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBWelcome to the 3rd episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano, the CEO of iCapital, who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the alts space, has his finger on the pulse of what’s happening in private markets. Watch the Monthly Alts Pulse On this episode, Lawrence and I had a...
A masterclass in investing and VC: Investing legends John Burbank and Ken Wallace of Nimble Partners on why the winners will win big and how to find them
August 10, 2023 15:02 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today's show, we have a fascinating episode that combines the macro and the micro. Nimble Partners Founder John Burbank and Partner Ken Wallace come on the show to share their unique perspectives and discuss both the nuances and intricacies of investing in private markets and early-stage venture. Nimble Partners is a technology investment platform that invests into early-stage fund managers through their manager selection progra...
Live from Allocate's Beyond Summit: $40B AUM Cresset's Avy Stein and Jordan Stein on how private markets are changing wealth management
August 02, 2023 14:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Recently, I had the pleasure of hosting a live podcast at the Allocate Beyond Summit, where I interviewed Avy Stein and Jordan Stein from Cresset. Allocate’s founders Samir Kaji and Hana Yang brought together a fascinating and thoughtful group of allocators, family offices, and VCs for an engaging two days of discussion about private markets. At the event, I interviewed father and son duo from Cresset. Avy Stein, the Co-Founder and...
Enabling everyone to invest into alternatives with IRAs featuring Alto CEO Eric Satz
July 18, 2023 15:25 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s episode dives into an important and growing part of the alts ecosystem: how investors can access and invest into alternatives through their retirement funds. We have Eric Satz, the CEO of Alto, a self-directed IRA custodian, with us today to discuss how he’s on a mission to provide everyday Americans with the same investment opportunity long favored by institutional investors. Alto provides custody for a wide array of alter...
Monthly Alts Pulse, Ep. 2: Taking the pulse of private markets with Lawrence Calcano, Chairman & CEO of iCapital
July 14, 2023 00:15 - 21 minutes - 20 MBWelcome to the 2nd episode of a collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the latest episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano, the CEO of iCapital, who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the alts space, has his finger on the pulse of what’s happening in private markets. On this episode, Lawrence and I had a fun and lively discussion. We...
How Phil Huber, the award-winning CIO of $18B AUM Savant Wealth, approaches investing in private markets
June 30, 2023 14:01 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBWealth managers are increasingly participating in private markets, and for good reason. Today’s podcast is with an expert allocator in the alts space, Phil Huber, who has not only been actively investing in private markets as the CIO of $18B Savant Wealth, but has also authored a book about how advisors can approach private markets. This podcast is a must-listen for any allocator, particularly in the wealth management space, as Phil shares actionable insights for how LPs can go abo...
AngelList CEO Avlok Kohli on building the company of companies that is powering private markets
June 08, 2023 11:05 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today we peer into one of the most fascinating companies in private markets, AngelList, and talk with AngelList’s CEO Avlok Kohli. AngelList is building the operating system for modern startups and tech innovation, and as such, they see themselves as building a company of companies. AngelList has had almost 19,000 startups raise capital from syndicates and funds on their platform, they support over $15B in assets, and 40% of all US ...
Revolutionary changes in private markets with John Avery of fintech giant FIS
May 31, 2023 11:18 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today we talk with John Avery, an executive who is leading the charge for private markets, Web3, and tokenization at one of the largest publicly traded financial services companies, FIS. FIS is one of the world’s leading financial services companies. Over 95% of the world’s banks work with FIS. Their asset management technology processes $40 trillion on an annual basis. And their products and services reach 20,000 clients globally. ...
Monthly Alts Pulse: Taking the pulse of private markets with Lawrence Calcano, Chairman & CEO of iCapital
May 22, 2023 20:36 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBWelcome to the launch of the collaboration between iCapital x Alt Goes Mainstream. Here’s the first episode of the Monthly Alts Pulse, a live conversation in studio with Lawrence Calcano, Chairman & CEO of iCapital, who as the leader of a platform that is responsible for the majority of individual and advisor-led investment flows into the alts space, has his finger on the pulse of what’s happening in private markets. Come for education, stay for Succession. Watch the Monthly Alts...
Dealing with the realities of today's venture market: A conversation with top allocator StepStone's Seyonne Kang
May 19, 2023 13:17 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s episode, we talk with Seyonne Kang, a Partner at StepStone, which acquired her former firm, Greenspring Associates. StepStone is a global private markets firm that provides customized investment and advisory solutions to some of the world’s most sophisticated investors. StepStone has a total capital responsibility of $602B of assets and has $134B of assets under management across the spectrum of private markets investmen...
Sheel Mohnot of Better Tomorrow Ventures on the challenges and highlights of building a first-time fund into a first call FinTech VC
May 10, 2023 17:47 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s episode, we have Sheel Mohnot, the co-founder and Partner of FinTech VC fund Better Tomorrow Ventures. Sheel is a career fintech investor and operator. He has built Better Tomorrow Ventures into an active pre-seed and seed stage fintech VC that has grown to over $225M AUM. Prior to founding BTV, he was the GP at 500 FinTech, where he was the first institutional investor in Albert, Kin, Indio, Chipper Cash, Ethic, and othe...
LACERA's Daniel Joye on investing in infrastructure that builds cities and nations
May 06, 2023 18:01 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s show was recorded live from AltsLA 2023 in partnership with CAIA. CAIA is the leading global professional body dedicated to alternative investment credential programs. On this episode, we speak with Daniel Joye, where he oversees Infrastructure investing at LACERA, the $58 billion AUM Los County Employees Retirement Association. Daniel and I had a fascinating conversation about how an institutional investor like LACERA appr...
Commonfund CIO & CEO Mark Anson on finding alpha in a more crowded private market
May 04, 2023 17:58 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s show was recorded live from AltsLA 2023 in partnership with CAIA. CAIA is the leading global professional body dedicated to alternative investment credential programs. On this episode, we speak with Mark Anson, the CEO and CIO of Commonfund ($28B AUM). Mark and I had a fascinating discussion on private markets. We discussed: Why size discipline and sector focus defeat the explosion of capital in private markets. Why mult...
A conversation with $300B CalSTRS CIO Christopher Ailman, one of the world's largest institutional investors
May 03, 2023 14:24 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. Today’s show was recorded live from AltsLA 2023 in partnership with CAIA. CAIA is the leading global professional body dedicated to alternative investment credential programs. On this episode, we speak with Christopher Ailman, the Chief Investment Officer of one of the world’s largest institutional investors, CalSTRS. Chris and I had a fascinating conversation about all things private markets. We discussed: How one of the world’s...
Insights on investing and geopolitics from the 44th Vice President of the United States and Chairman of Cerberus Global Investments Dan Quayle
May 02, 2023 14:20 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast and hello from AltsLA. Today’s show was recorded live from AltsLA 2023 in partnership with CAIA. CAIA is the leading global professional body dedicated to alternative investment credential programs. On this episode, we speak with the 44th Vice President of the United States Dan Quayle, the Chairman of Cerberus Global Investments. We discussed the intersection of politics, private equity, people, and patience: The current state of...
Lessons from Filip Dames, Founding Partner at Cherry Ventures, on building one of Europe's top seed VC funds, entrepreneurship, and life
April 20, 2023 13:02 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s episode, we go to Europe, and specifically Berlin, a region where some of the most exciting activity in the VC world is occurring. We have Filip Dames, a Founding Partner at Cherry Ventures, a top pan-European early-stage VC fund that has around $700M AUM, lead us in a discussion about why Europe is such a compelling place to invest and why it’s on the precipice of an incredible decade in tech. Filip has the founder DNA....
How private equity can weather the storm with industry expert Graham Elton, Partner & Chairman of EMEA Private Equity at Bain & Company
April 05, 2023 18:27 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBWelcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast. On today’s show, we have a private equity expert who is as thoughtful and sharp as they come. Graham Elton is the Chairman of Bain & Company’s EMEA Private Equity practice, where he’s helped many of the largest PE and alts firms navigate a growing market and build successful businesses. Graham has also spearheaded the industry standard in reports — the Bain PE Practice Report — which is read by many across the industry. Many of th...